Paint snow and rain easily with brushes in Photoshop
Easy to use and customizable - if you want to create snow or rain in Photoshop , you'll love these 50 brushes .
For controlled "picture weather": snowflakes, raindrops plus bokeh effects
The brushes make use of Photoshop's brush settings. Instead of applying individual snowflakes and raindrops click by click, you apply snow flurries and rain showers in wider areas. Use a simple mouse drag or, if available, your stylus on the tablet.
You get 25 preset brushes for snow, 20 for rain and 5 more for bokeh effects. You can use the latter to round off the overall scene by adding spots of light here and there. To use the brushes, import them into Photoshop by double-clicking on them, for example. Then open the window for brushes and select the appropriate snowflakes, raindrops or bokeh shimmer . Then adjust the size and apply the snow and rain effects to a new layer in the color of your choice.
Preset effects - maximum Photoshop freedom for realistic results
The brush settings have been prepared in such a way that realistic and dynamic effects result directly from the application of the brushes. In addition, you have maximum optimization freedom to create the right snow and rainfall for your images . The basic options are:
- Depth effect: Apply the snow or rain on three layers. On the bottom layer, place small flakes or drops for the background and soften them slightly. On the top layer, place a few larger flakes or drops for the foreground, which you also blur. The snowflakes or raindrops on the middle layer are in focus and remain sharp. Also play with the opacity of the effects.
- Change direction: Open the brush settings. You can customize all parameters here. You will probably be most interested in the angle that you use to set the direction of fall of snow and rain.
- Effect density: You can adjust the intensity of your snow flurries and rain showers particularly well via the distance. The greater the distance, the fewer the snowflakes and raindrops.
Further tips on using the brush settings
In addition to the options already mentioned above, there are numerous other brush settings in Photoshop that you can use for customization, such as roundness, the jitter parameters for size, angle and roundness, scattering or transfer.
Important tip: Select a brush from this package. Open the brush settings. First save a new brush preset and then select it for further customization. This will prevent you from accidentally saving the brush presets contained in the package.
You can also use filters such as motion blur for additional depth effects or work with masks to introduce local deviations. Watch the instruction video above.